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EF0 tornado in Denton County, Texas

Tornado June 10, 2009 · Denton County, Texas

EF0
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An EF0 tornado in Hebron was video taped by a storm chaser. This tornado occurred in a field south of SH 121 behind the Best Buy. The tornado occurred along the leading edge of the MCS, but video evidence suggests it was not a gustnado.

The wider storm

An MCS moved through north Texas causing significant damage to areas generally along and north of Interstate 20. Significant and widespread tree, fence and power line damage was reported along the path of the MCS. In addition, three tornadoes touched down in the northern portions of the DFW Metroplex. Approximately 250,000 people were left without power in the Metroplex and hundreds of flights were grounded or cancelled at DFW and DAL.

Began near Carney (33.0554, -96.9035).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Denton CountyEF0 Denton CountyEF0 Denton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 183474. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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